Historical Events In December - 22

1815  Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards   

1819  On this day in history franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor   

1820  On December - 22 the 1820 Radicals, sentenced to transportation to Australia, set sail on the convict ship Speke. Only one, Andrew White, returned when pardoned to Scotland   

1821  Giovanni Bottesini, composer on December - 22.   

1826  On December - 22 james Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901)   

1828  On December - 22 rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies   

1830  On this day in history justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope)   

1831  Mark Rutherford, writer on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands   

1832  Edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 on December - 22.   

1832  Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1842  Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet on this day in history.   

1844  Izydor Lotto, composer on this day in history.   

1845  The first voice synthesizer, later known as P.T. Barnum's Euphonium, was demonstrated to the public in Philadelphia on this day in 1845 on December - 22.   

1846  Andreas Hallen, composer on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 22 writer (Crime and Punishmen)Fyodor Dostoevsky is led before a firing squad and prepared for execution. He had been convicted and sentenced to death on November 16 for allegedly taking part in reprieved and sent into exile.   

1849  The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism)   

1851  The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India on December - 22.   

1853  On December - 22 maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor   

1856  Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929) on December - 22.   

1857  George [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history the birth of Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer   

1859  In Winnipeg Manitoba the Nor'Wester newspaper is first published on the Canadian Prairies on this day in history.   

1859  Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician on December - 22.   

1861  On December - 22 sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist, novelist, was born at Brantford, Ontario, she joined the Toronto Globe in 1886-87, as its first female full time journalist   

1861  Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) on December - 22.   

1862  On this day in history -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY   

1862  Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950) on December - 22.   

1863  Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter on this day in history.   

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on December - 22.   

1864  On December - 22 hMS Bombay at Montevideo lost to fire off Montevideo, with the loss of nearly a hundred lives   

1866  Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer on December - 22.   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.   

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)